# What is the best way for me to use my NAS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Synology\ **Tags:** help, synology-drive, smb, vpn\ **Created:** [December 20, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-for-me-to-use-my-nas/1537 "2023-12-20T09:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ezra\_Sarv](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/ezra_sarv/32/808_2.png) [@Ezra\_Sarv](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Ezra_Sarv)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-for-me-to-use-my-nas/1537/1 "2023-12-20T09:37:58Z")
Hey guys, just looking for some advice. I’m starting out with my first Synology NAS (the DS1522+). I am starting my journey with video and photo editing, as well as website development. In my NAS I’ve got only 2x8tb HDD’s in a SHR RAID. The NAS is only connected on a 1GBe connection. I’m stuck with deciding how I should use my NAS, and how I should connect to it as I move around a lot and won’t be able to use a direct connection all the time. At fist I was just going to always use Synology drive and keep my current work local on my MacBook which has a 2tb SSD. This way I’m not limited by my NAS HDD speeds and can edit fine without slowdowns. However this also means whenever I need to access a large file, I will have to wait for it to download first. The other option I was thinking, was to use the open VPN solution, but now I don’t know if this will be too slow to edit on, how to go about if I want to download something, and then what do I do when I get home and connect directly. Will my editing software (Premier Pro) think that the file location switched? Should I use a mix of both solutions, if so when do I use one and when do I use the other? Sorry I know I wrote a lot, but I’ve just reached a bit of a jam, any advice would be much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![CMeSynology](https://forums.spacerex.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@CMeSynology](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/CMeSynology)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-for-me-to-use-my-nas/1537/2 "2024-01-08T05:58:09Z")
[![](https://forums.spacerex.co/uploads/default/original/1X/c1721573e2538a03b2e84c5c9f72eaebeb1f4545.jpeg "Creating the PERFECT video editing NAS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Utnz-TzmE) ---
**Author:** ![jrajchel](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/jrajchel/32/1002_2.png) [@jrajchel](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/jrajchel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-for-me-to-use-my-nas/1537/3 "2024-07-24T09:55:30Z")
Hello, I have been searching your forum. Thank you for the videos and all the hard work. I bought a small DS223 with 2 8 GB disks. I don’t have the option as being described in this with the SSDs. I only wish I could. Looking to work remotely and edit videos. I don’t usually save any work to my laptop drive. I have used an external drive for years. Looking to work straight from my NAS if possible but it’s looking like maybe I should have a local file that syncs to my NAS. Can you point me in the right direction, please? Thank you so much!!! ---
**Author:** ![Paul](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/paul/32/93_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-for-me-to-use-my-nas/1537/4 "2024-07-25T06:31:52Z")
You might consider using Synology Drive Server and Client on your NAS (server) and MacBook (client). This is essentially a sync tool between NAS and computer. ---
**Author:** ![jrajchel](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/jrajchel/32/1002_2.png) [@jrajchel](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/jrajchel)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-for-me-to-use-my-nas/1537/5 "2024-07-28T11:38:41Z")
Does this work the same on windows? So I would have to have files saved to my computer then? ---
**Author:** ![Paul](https://forums.spacerex.co/user_avatar/forums.spacerex.co/paul/32/93_2.png) [@Paul](https://forums.spacerex.co/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.spacerex.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-for-me-to-use-my-nas/1537/6 "2024-07-28T15:02:01Z")
Yes, I suggest to safe files on your computer. After you finished a job, you could move them to the NAS.